October 2, 2018

Inside Aaron Boone’s high-risk decision to start Luis Severino

by Felix Pantaleón

Aaron Boone said he had three good choices when identifying the starter for Wednesday night’s AL wild-card game against the A’s at Yankee Stadium. After hearing from general manager Brian Cashman, pitching coach Larry Rothschild and the analytic arm of the front office during the weekend in Boston, Boone went with Luis Severino to start…

Written by Felix Pantaleón

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